Madeleine Mitchell will join Robert Bridge for knitting concert

Madeleine Mitchell (violin) and Robert Bridge (piano)
will perform violin sonatas by Elgar and Beethoven whilst you knit, read, draw, or even listen on Sunday 20 January at 4pm.

This programme pairs two evocative and poignant violin sonatas. Elgar composed his Violin Sonata in 1918, in a final creative spurt that included the String Quartet and the Cello Concerto. Like its companions there is a pervasive sense of wistful melancholy although here set against more fiery and dramatic writing and the strange eerie magic of the slow movement. Beethoven's last Violin Sonata stands at the gateway to his late period where music is pared down to the minimum and so much is said with so little. From the magical beginning, where the music seems to emerge shyly out of silence, through to the childlike playfulness of the last movement, this is a piece of rich delight.

Described by The Times and other national papers as "one of Britain's foremost violinists", "totally bewitching" and " a violinist in a million" Madeleine has a truly international career with recent performances in the Far East, Russia and the USA in amongst an impressive library of recordings which include numerous works written for her by leading contemporary British composers. Highly sought after as a teacher she is a Professor of Violin at the Royal College of Music as well as giving masterclasses in Europe and America, and has served as a jury member on the panels of several international competitions. It is a great thrill and privilege for me to be sharing this programme with her.


Solo Classical Violinist - Biography | Madeleine Mitchell

As ever the concert is free with complimentary refreshments with a retiring collection for the Motor Neurone Disease Care and Research Centre at Sheffield Institute, a leading light in research and development of care and treatment for this truly ghastly disease.

January 10, 2019